Expert: Amid delays, patient died waiting for medical marijuana relief

Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL ^ | Wednesday, June 21, 2017 | Shawn Ching

[Jyotishi]

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Two additional medical marijuana dispensaries -- one on Oahu, the other on Kauai – were recently given the green light by the state Health Department to begin cultivating cannabis, even though the labs needed to test marijuana products still have not been certified to begin doing so.

The announcement brings what's expected to be an even bigger workload for employees from the three independent testing facilities, who have not even begun to approve any of the cannabis that's already been harvested.

The continued delays have one pain specialist concerned for a very specific reason: He says one of his patients died waiting for relief that can only come in the form of medical-grade cannabis.

Paul Klink is the founder of the Honolulu Wellness Center on Oahu -- and a certified medical cannabis consultant. His clinic offers non-synthetic solutions to medical conditions, including the use of medical-grade marijuana.

For one of his patients, Klink said, the wait for the cannabis was too long.

"I don't know why I still get emotional over this, but I can tell you his first name was Peter," Klink said. "He had cancer, very bad. Came in (to the clinic) in a wheelchair. Just sitting down, talking about the medicine, he was smiling."

Even though Peter was terminally ill, Klink said, he refused to take marijuana that wasn't tested for impurities and ended up dying while waiting for the drug to become legally available.

Klink said Peter was just one of his many patients who refuse to break the law by turning to the black market – even if it would mean relief.

"Most of the people can't afford the space or the time, or are too sick to grow it, and they need to go to the dispensary," Klink said....

[editor-surveyor]

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“medical professional”

Just another kind of Harlot.
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[NobleFree]

More fake news!

Like Mary Jane is not available on the street ?????

Read the article: "he refused to take marijuana that wasn't tested for impurities".

[NobleFree]

It was delayed because they hadn’t tested it enough. How much testing do you need for pot? Usually a sniff and a couple of puffs will tell you all you need to know.

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A question that the pro pot movements needed to consider: by making it “medicine” and not a recreational product, like beer, every single variety will need thorough and complete - multi year - studies to determine efficacy and safety.

Read the article: the awaited testing was for impurities

[editor-surveyor]

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THC does interrupt cachexia very effectively.

While that by itself is not a cure, it makes room for a real cure, but the establishment doesn’t want a cure unless they can make billions off of it.
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[Carthego delenda est]

“this story is either spectacularly retarded, or criminally propagandistic.”

Dude, you have to be very stoned to ‘get it’.

lol

[FreedomGuru]

Exactly pot won’t extend your life 1 minute, might make that minute more tolerable. Pot won’t cure all ills or relieve all pains.

[JohnBrowdie]

you have to either be stoned, or stand to make millions in the new legal pot business that ravaging whole states.

we will never unring this bell. states that are legalizing are f*cked forever.

[editor-surveyor]

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The doc is a bullshit slinging ass.
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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “or stand to make millions in the new legal pot business thats ravaging whole states.” <<

Yup!
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[NobleFree]

ravaging whole states.

Rant on, Chicken Little. You sound like the MSM telling us how changing one letter of 0bamacare will kill millions.

[mass55th]

He should have gotten some from the Choom Gang stash.

[JohnBrowdie]

toke on, stoner. your kids will be serving my kids’ fries, that is if your brain isn’t so clogged with bong resin that your nads haven’t shriveled.

and it’s unsurprising that you defend legal pot and ACA.

[mrsmith]

Dope will get you through times of no cancer better than cancer will get you through times of no dope...

(This story is BS anyway)

[fr_freak]

Years ago a friend mine’s mom tried pot to offset the effects the chemo she was getting for her breast cancer. She smoked some, still got sick.

Pot isn't a particularly powerful drug. If you are experiencing something like acute nausea from chemo, a one-shot smoking session is not going to stop you from getting sick. Where it might help is repeated use over the course of the chemo, where nausea and other discomfort are reduced to manageable levels, or if manageable already, relieved. Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor or anything.

Another thing about pot is that it takes some getting used to, and while you can't physically overdose on it, you can have a dramatically unpleasant experience if you take too much, especially when you are not accustomed to its effects. Plus the pot they grow now is ridiculously strong, so much so that a puff or two would probably do it for quite a while, and when one of these dispensary places makes THC-laced treats, "edibles", they make them STRONG. A first-timer who gobbles down something waiting for sweet, peaceful relief might find him or herself stressing out over a strong reaction AND dealing with whatever ailment originally drove them to try pot in the first place.

The good news is that, when done carefully, pot can provide a lot of relief for a number of problems, and for whatever drawbacks it may have, it is still better than getting hooked on vicodin or oxycontin.

[Jyotishi]

‘The Choom Gang’: 9 juiciest details from Barack Obama’s days as a pothead (2012)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3464287/posts

[MarvinStinson]

a certified medical cannabis consultant.

TRANSLATION

A Soros drug peddler.

[mass55th]

Good reminder. Thanks for posting it to this thread.

[NobleFree]

ravaging whole states.

Rant on, Chicken Little. You sound like the MSM telling us how changing one letter of 0bamacare will kill millions.

toke on, stoner.

Haven't touched it in over 20 years.

your kids will be serving my kids’ fries,

My son is making six figures as a data analyst/database engineer, and my daughter is in her final year of a doctoral program in physical therapy. What do your kids do?

that is if your brain isn’t so clogged with bong resin

The $10B technology company that employs me as a data scientist doesn't think so.

and it’s unsurprising that you defend legal pot

Of course - it's the liberty-respecting position.

and ACA.

No, I attacked it ... what's clogging your brain?

[proud American in Canada]

The headline hints at a causal relationship where none exists.

That being said, my mom died of inoperable cancer. Every time we went to visit her, her machinery was beeping (either she needed liquid food or more morphine).

They were stingy on the morphine, citing addiction concerns. (!!!) My mom had about a week to live. I say, load them up so they are not in pain.

They just don’t want to spend the money. I wonder how much morphine costs.

If people have to spend their last days in terrible pain, so be it. But to those who make those decisions, what goes around comes around.

[proud American in Canada]

Years ago a friend mine’s mom tried pot to offset the effects the chemo she was getting for her breast cancer. She smoked some, still got sick. She was so stoned when she threw up she ended up flushing her false teeth down the toilet! No more pot after that.

Oh no! Did she recover? I hope so.

I personally would not want pot during my last days...I tried it in high school (about 40 years ago) and it made me so paranoid; I thought no one liked me, etc. It heightens every weakness you have.

I wouldn't want my mind to be filled with negative thoughts and fears as I walk down the path to meet my Maker.